"The difference between fiction and reality? Fiction has to make sense."
- Tom Clancy

August 12, 2013

Board
member Stephanie Tobin said she is "very comfortable" with
taking the issue to a referendum. She noted that the public would be
deciding and felt that there would be an “awful lot” for the
amount of money involved.

Board
President Charles Day offered similar sentiments, saying that “we're
being a offered a large gift here” and wants to give the community
a chance to decide whether to accept it.

Day
also felt that the contest field is in need of a replacement.

“That
field needs to be redone.”

Without
getting into details, colleague Peter Treyz also said he is for a
vote, while Holbrook supported having the referendum include two
parts: one for the field and another for the courts.

Stone
was skeptical of the merits of having a referendum due to the cost of
the project, saying that “maybe we should kind of throw
this up in the air and rethink the whole thing.” He also felt
that they are being asked to put up money to “basically to get
free tennis courts" and added, “But we have tennis
courts.”